Come July, Pennsylvania judges can no longer hire relatives under heralded new rules that bring the state in line with the rest of the nation. Though nepotism is being barred from the courts, don't expect to see judges' family members taken off the payroll. While Pennsylvania's new judicial canons mandate that judges "shall avoid nepotism," current employees can continue to hold their posts, according to the state Judicial Ethics Committee, a panel of jurists that advises colleagues on ethical questions. In confidential opinions to judges with relatives working for them, the committee found that the anti-nepotism provision isn't retroactive — a...

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